Example sentences of "[verb] off in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 2 | He had dozed off in the first act , but always does after luncheon wherever he is , he explained . |
| 3 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 4 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 5 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 6 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 7 | Inter , second at the start of play , crashed 3-0 at second-from-bottom Ancona and had former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga sent off in the first half . |
| 8 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | Because the reason that er stile was blocked off in the first instance was there was a case where a child ran across that road . |
| 10 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 11 | The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley , who was forced off in the first half . |
| 12 | Hirst was sent off in the first leg , for the first time in his career , and Bright he was signed too late to be eligible . |